Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-27


Every well, but you have co-operated
with thief whom you call Turquals; is
he reserving for you any part OF the
plunderw
"No; the plumber is net fer me-"
"For whom, thenw
"For the revolution"
"Will Turquais, then, give over the
proceeds TO the funds of the revolutionW
"1 es; he has mad the wit to get of to a
foreign country. He is in England.
England is big country; search 1t If yeu
will"
Examined as to his endeavor to take the
life OF the policeman, the magnlloquent
prisoner said:
The law! / know what your law is!
The law Is prostitute, ready always TO
sell itself to purchaser. 1t Is on the
ruins of your law that the common peo-
pie will found new world"
Yes" interposed the Judge, 'a world
OF thieves 2"
III am no thief" replied Duval.
81 AM A REvoLUTIONIsT."
But what of the poignard with which
you stabbed Rossignoly'
Il repeat that | struggled with him in
the name of liberty. l told him so at the
time. AS 10 the law which he represent
ed, do not recognize it. | would have
fought with him to the bitter end, till one
or the other of us had been killed."
You have been a soldIerP
Against my WILL"
"GOu have been punished under the
II ag for misdemeanors ~
what does that prove?"
And you have been thief before?"
II am proud OF it'll When it is understood
among the hungry masses that it is no
crime to take what they can lay their
hands upon, social injustice will disap-
pear. Alb, life is easy to those who have
no cravings of the stomach! But [ had
a wife and children"
"a wife whom you abandoned?"
sit is false; forbid you to say that. |
loved my wife. She was unworthy of
my love. That concerns only herself and
me-"
you did not work TO support your
family ~
II worked"
sit is certain that you preferred talk
ing to working"
Yes, when l had the rheumatism"
You are one of the heads Of an as
ISOLATION called the Panther of the Batig.
nollesY"
"Yes."
'Do you still pose as a politician,
while the public prosecutor arraigns
you az thief, an incendiary, and a muir
dererf"
81 mock at all these applications; I am
above the law.
II CONSULT ONLY MY CONSCIENCE"
The above are the most important
questions and answers in the examina-
ton of Duval. His two humble accom-.
plices were not men whose mouths were
eloquent With such quotable phrases;
nevertheless a single remark made by
Dldier is worth chrOnicling:
"1Ou swear to tell the truth the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth"
'sNop'
81 offer yeu," said the Judge. "the GUS
tomary form of oath; twill you take it
and comply with the law"
'No," repeated Didier; "there Is no
God. and refuse the oath.'
Alter two exciting days the trial
reached the point at which the Judge
asked each of the accused il he had any
thing to add in his Defense"
'Nothing," replied Didier.
"Nothing," repeated Houchard.
"But l." exclaimed Duval. 'wish to
speak; l wish to explain my motive"
"You can speak only of facts" replied
the magistrate.
the table before him with great vehe-
mence.
"If it be So" he cried, 81 will say but
a single word. Vive Panarchfew
"Be silent"
mo, WILL NOT BE SILENT"
Shaking his fist at the Judge and jury,
he exclaimed:
"Ah, you towards! You tremble on
you marrow bones. L am sccused-I
will be accuser in nv turn. Vive Pam
archie! Vive, Panarchie! We bide our
time!"
Under the law of 1885, applicable to
such disturbances in a Court of Justice,
the magistrate promptly ordered DuvaPs
removal from the court room.
do what you like. 1t Is nothing to
me. Vive Panarchie"
The prisoner was taken from the court
room by a squad OF soldiers. Some or his
friends in attendance then attempted a
disturbance, but the emeute was quickly
quelled. Nine offenders were arrested on
the spot, including three women, one of
them being DuvaPs wife.
The jury took an hour to deliberate.
Their verdict acquitted Houchard and
Didier, and condemned Duval. His
crime was capital. He was sentenced to
death.
1t is useless to review the trial any
further than to say that DuvaPs law
yers urged in his defense, not mis- own
monstrOus theories, but the simple vet
vain plea of COLLABORATION" the we'll
known dodge which in America is grand
ly styled emotional insanity"